Daily Update: Padres miss 6 from lineup

San Diego Padres' Yonder Alonso tosses his bat after he grounds out in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
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San Diego Padres' Yonder Alonso tosses his bat after he grounds out in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
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LOS ANGELES  With both Yonder Alonso and Chase Headley out of the Padres lineup Saturday, it is interesting to take a look at where the Padres are now compared to where they were at the end of last season when they predicted their 2013 lineup.

That’s right, only two of the projected starters will be in the lineup Saturday. Well, both Venable and Denorfia will be in the lineup rather than platooning. And Forsythe will be in right.

But the Padres are without six projected starters – Grandal, Cabrera, Alonso, Headley, Quentin and Maybin.

Cabrera is suspended for the rest of the season. Quentin, Grandal and Maybin will miss the rest of the season with injuries. And Alonso (right hand) and Headley (back) are at least temporarily sidelined.

Although he is hitting .289 with 16 RBIs since returning to the lineup on July 12 after missing six weeks with a broken metacarpal bone in his right hand, Alonso has only four doubles and no homers in 41 games.

The Daily Five:

--Will Venable got his 40th hit in August Friday night while extending his current hitting streak to nine games. Venable is only the fourth Padre in franchise history to have as many as 40 hits and eight home runs in a single month. Dave Winfield had 42 hits and nine homers in July of 1979. Ken Caminiti had 41 hits and nine home runs in August of 1997. And Phil Nevin had 41 hits and nine home runs during August of 2000. Venable has hit safely in 24 of his last 25 games and has batted .425 during his current, nine-game hitting streak (17-for-40 with two doubles, a triple and three homers for seven RBIs). With one game to go this month, Venable’s 40 hits are the most for a Padre in August since Mark Loretta had 41 in 2004. Tony Gwynn holds the Padres record for most hits in August with 47 (in 1987 and 1993). Venable is hitting .384 (40-for-104) in August.

--Infield-outfielder Alexi Amarista is hitting .367 (11-for-30) over his last 11 games to raise his average from .254 to .265. He has two doubles and a triple during the run.

--Catcher Nick Hundley is 12-for-41 in 11 starts since returning from paternity leave on Aug. 17 with a double, a homer, six RBIs and three runs scored.

--Outfielder Chris Denorfia is 8-for-22 (.364) over the past week with a double, an RBI and three runs scored.

--Shortstop Ronny Cedeno is 8-for-26 in a seven-game hitting streak with a double, a triple and four RBIs.

Prospect Watch:

--Dean Anna was 2-for-4 with a double and a RBI Friday night in Triple-A Tucson’s (75-66) 3-1 win at Las Vegas. Although the T-Padres have been eliminated from playoff contention, Anna (.334) continues to lead the race for the PCL batting title. Mike Wilson hit a two-run homer for the T-Padres while right-handed starter Sean O’Sullivan (8-5, 3.83 ERA) picked up his second win since rejoining Tucson. He allowed one run on six hits and two walks over eight innings. RHP Brad Boxberger (3.61 ERA) struck out all three hitters he faced in the ninth to pick up his fifth save.

--Matt Wisler (8-5, 3.00 ERA) allowed five runs on eight hits with six strikeouts in four innings as Double-A San Antonio (77-59) dropped a 7-1 decision to Midland to remain tied with Corpus Christi for the Texas League South Division title with three games to go. At stake is the home-field advantage for the first round of the playoffs. 2B Cory Spangenberg (.285) was 3-for-5 with a double.

--LF Jeremy Baltz (.305) was 4-for-5 with three doubles and six RBIs in high Single-A Lake Elsinore’s (59-77) 13-6 win over High Desert. C Robert Kral (.284) was 3-for-4 with a double, a triple, a RBI and four runs scored.

--Hunter Renfroe hit a two-run, pinch-hit homer as low Single-A Fort Wayne (70-66) defeated West Michigan 5-1. CF Mallex Smith (.257) was 3-for-5 with a home run and 3B Gabriel Quintana (.305) was 3-for-5 with a double.

--The Arizona Rookie Padres scored four times in the top of the ninth Friday morning to defeat the Angels 4-1 and advance to the semifinals of the ARL playoffs. Kelich allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts. 2B Josh VanMeter was 3-for-4 and Cordero was 2-for-5 with a run scored. The Padres won the second half in their division and were 28-26 overall.